William A. Hinkle

William A. Hinkle is senior counsel at the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s Office of Supervision Policy in Washington, D.C., where he is the strategy lead for the supervision of student loan servicers. He recently completed a detail assignment as a senior advisor to the Under Secretary of the Department of Education. Mr. Hinkle led the Department’s engagement with the DOJ in drafting and implementing the 2022 bankruptcy guidance, among other higher education finance priorities. Prior to joining the Bureau, he worked as a senior policy advisor in the Treasury Department’s office of consumer policy. Mr. Hinkle received his B.A. in mathematics and politics from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2006 and his J.D. in 2011 from Emory University School of Law.